Author Question: Food safety is a concern presented by a group of adults attending the community health clinic. The ... (Read 55 times)

appyboo · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

Food safety is a concern presented by a group of adults attending the community health clinic. The participants tell the nurse that they have seen a lot of reports on television about Escherichia coli (E. coli) and how dangerous it can be.

When asked where the bacteria come from, which one of the following does the nurse identify as a potential source of E. coli? a. Sausage
b. Soft cheeses
c. Milk products
d. Ground beef

Question 2

The client has a large, deep abdominal incision that requires a dressing. The incision is packed with sterile 1.75-cm packing and covered with a dry, 10 10-cm gauze.

When changing the dressing, the nurse accidentally drops the packing onto the client's abdomen. Which of the fol-lowing actions should the nurse take? a. Add alcohol to the packing and insert it into the incision.
b. Throw the packing away, and prepare a new one.
c. Pick up the packing with sterile forceps, and gently place it into the incision.
d. Rinse the packing with sterile water, and put the packing into the incision with sterile gloves.

tanna.moeller · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

D
E. coli may be contracted from undercooked meat, such as ground beef.
Sausage is a potential source of botulism, not E. coli.
Soft cheeses are a potential source of listeriosis, not E. coli.
Milk products are a potential source of shigellosis, not E. coli.

Answer to Question 2

B
A sterile object (the packing) remains sterile only when touched by another sterile object. The client's abdomen is not sterile; therefore the nurse should throw the packing away and prepare a new one. After an object becomes nonsterile or unclean, it is considered contaminated.
The nurse should not add alcohol to the packing and insert it into the incision.
The packing is considered contaminated, as it touched a nonsterile surface, and therefore should be discarded.
The nurse should not rinse the packing with sterile water and put the packing into the incision, as it is considered contaminated when it touches a nonsterile surface. The nurse should throw the packing away and prepare a new one.